Community members met with Georgia Power about plans to build a substation in their Vine City neighborhood. This week, ...

Residents rallied against the project after materials by Georgia Power said the substation would help support energy needs for Centennial Yards.

The site, scooped up by Georgia Power at the corner of Northside Drive and Magnolia Street, is less than a mile away from another of the company’s substations, also in Vine City.

Misty Fernandez, Atlanta regional executive at Georgia Power, was adamant that the substation and transmission lines are not for one customer and will improve grid resiliency across west Atlanta.